CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The 2023-24 WGCA All-American Scholar Team was recently announced with 1,497 women's collegiate golfers from 412 programs recognized with this prestigious honor. Five 2024 members of the Lee University golf team were honored.

Lady Flames named were junior Hope Harrell, freshman Olivia Ireland, freshman Olivia Ireland, senior Emily Ritchie, graduate student Supuschaya "Yui" Srichantamit, and junior Banthita "Pearl" Phoncharatkun.

Harrell completed her first season at Lee with a 3.78 GPA. She is a transfer from Wallace State Community College (Ala.), majoring in Exercise Science. Ireland enjoyed a successful first year and earned a 4.0 GPA. Richie played her final season and recorded a 3.97 GPA. She majored in Biochemistry. "Yui," a graduate student, was not only a member of the WGCA All-American Scholar Team with a 4.0 GPA and majored in International Business, but she was also a 2023 WGCA DII First Team All-American. "Pearl" transferred from Seminole State College of Florida. She posted a 3.56 GPA and is majoring in Business Management.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and continue to demonstrate the high-level academic achievements of our players. To be selected, a student-athlete must have an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher. Be an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season, plus have played in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year nominated through the team's conference championship.

Said Coach Geandra Almeida, "I'm so proud of each one of them. It is so nice to see their hard work in the classroom paying off. Having five players named an All-American Scholar shows the kind of team culture we thrive to have over here, which is a culture of excellence in everything we do."